At the beginning, our Governor Cai Yurong Cai really couldn't believe that there was such a good thing in the world, the enemy would betray the enemy's friendly army, and cut off foreign aid to self-destruction, but after using all kinds of torture to torture Yi Cheng sent by Wu Yingqi, Yi Cheng still did not confide in a confession until his death, our Governor Cai gradually began to believe that he had indeed won the lottery this time, and finally met a once-in-a-lifetime straw bag 25 among the enemies.

A day later, in the early morning of October 17, our Governor Cai received an urgent report from Yu Chenglong and the Qing officials, and it is very likely that the matter of Yi Cheng was confirmed - because on the first day, Wu Zhilan, the defender of Macheng, urgently reported that a large number of local people gathered in the Dongshan area of Macheng, and most of them were holding hoes, iron forks, shotguns, sticks and other murderous things, and there seemed to be signs of civil change, and Wu Zhilan received a report from the local landlord that the leader of this group of people was a native of Dongshan, Macheng, He Shirong!

"The clipper gave Yu Jackie Chan an order, asking him to organize the army to suppress it, and he must strangle the Dongshan bandits at the beginning!" After confirming that the situation was critical, Governor Cai Yurong Cai immediately made a decision and immediately ordered: "Also, let Hanyang Deputy General Hao Ren lead an army of 1,000 from Huanghan to the north to Macheng to assist Yu Chengchan in quelling the rebellion!" ”

"Father, do you still want to transfer troops from Hanyang?" Cai Lin was taken aback, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Father, don't you need it?" Our Hanyang's troops are already overstretched, and a bunch of mud-legged people are making trouble, so do we still need to transfer troops from Hanyang? According to the child's opinion, it is enough to use the army of Huangzhou to quell the rebellion, and it will take a long time at most, and it will be easy to exterminate the gang of thieves in Macheng. ”

"Yellow-haired kid who smells like milk, you know a fart!" Cai Yurong scolded his son angrily, and lowered his voice to explain: "What do you know? When Tu Zhongtang and Chabel were originally in Hanyang, the defense line from Hanyang to Huangzhou has always been as stable as Mount Tai and impregnable, and now they have just left, Huangzhou Macheng will immediately be in chaos, if the father does not eradicate this gang of thieves as soon as possible, how to explain to Tu Zhongtang? Even if Tu Zhongtang is reasonable and understands that something happened by accident, but Prince Gong, who was sent by the emperor to Hanyang to supervise the exchange of prisoners of war, is in Hanyang City at the moment, he is the emperor's fifth brother, if he returns to Beijing and says a word to the emperor casually, then our Cai family will not have to eat and go around? ”

The Prince Gong mentioned by Cai Yurong is the fifth son of Shunzhi and the fifth brother of Kang Mazi - Aixin Jueluo. Chang Ning, who came to Hanyang with the Cao transport fleet three days ago, was going to lead the household servant Lang Dadu to supervise the delivery of military salaries, grain and grass, and to welcome the return of the prisoners of war. Although the sinister and cunning Kang Mazi sent Chang Ning to serve as an envoy for the exchange of prisoners of war, many of them deliberately made Chang Ning infamous with malicious intentions, but if Chang Ning casually mentioned to Kang Mazi the fact that Tuhai and Chani had just left the Hanhuang defense line, Cai Yurong, who was already treated coldly by Kang Mazi because of the loss of Sichuan and Biyuan, would also be ironclad and glorious in front of Kang Mazi.

"What the father said is very true, and the child understands." After being carefully explained by Cai Yurong, Cai Lin finally understood Han Jian's father's good intentions, but he still said with some anxiety: "But Father, Hanyang is ...... here." ”

"There will be nothing wrong here in Hanyang, at least in the next day or two." Cai Yurong waved his hand and said with a sneer: "Tomorrow is the exchange of military salaries and grain and grass with prisoners of war. On the Huangzhou side, the army was already small, and there was such turmoil in the rear, if the father did not send reinforcements to Jackie Chan, there would be a big incident in Huangzhou. ”

"Understood, the boy will arrange it." Cai Lin couldn't compete with Han Jian's father, so she had to obediently accept the order.

At the same time, Cai Lin pondered in his heart, since Wu Yingqi was able to hand over the contact person of the Dongshan thieves to himself, and self-destruct his future and betray the person who crossed the river, it was enough to prove that the Wu army was very sincere in implementing the permanent non-aggression peace, at least in the short term, there would be no possibility of launching a battle to cross the river, and the abnormal movement of the Wu army had not been discovered in the south of Wuchang. Therefore, Cai Lin no longer hesitated, and hurriedly issued an order for Cai Yurong, ordering Hao Ren, the deputy general of Hanyang, to lead an army of 1,000 to the north to help the Qing army in Huangzhou quell the Macheng Rebellion.

The generals and officials of the Qing army who had the same thoughts as Cai Lin were definitely not the only ones in Xinyang City, and Cai Yurong and his other sons were also mostly in this mind, believing that it was absolutely impossible for the Wu army to launch a battle to cross the river in the short term. In addition, Cai Yurong's two major military deputies, Sang E and Fang Zhengse, also felt that Wu Yingqi was so interesting, and they also guarded him like a thief and a robber, which inevitably seemed too small-bellied, so they also suggested that Cai Yurong send an envoy to thank him, so that the tense relationship between the Qing army and the Wu army would facilitate long-term friendly relations in the future.

When the Qing envoys came to the south bank of the Yangtze River again, the Wuchang wharf was still as lax in defense as yesterday and the day before yesterday - and obviously even more lax, except for the countless civilian and fishing boats that had been temporarily requisitioned. And after seeing Wu Yingqi, Wu Yingqi, who was pulling a group of Wu army generals to fight wine, accepted Cai Yurong's generous gift very happily, and gave Cai Yurong ten jars of aged Moutai and five pairs of Xuanwei ham very generously, and asked the Qing army envoy to repay Cai Yurong, and after the exchange of prisoners of war was over, he could continue to maintain close contact with Cai Yurong, join hands to do some grain, salt and medicinal materials business, and make a little money together to fill the family, the Qing army envoy was overjoyed, and thanked him again and again.

What the Qing army envoy probably never dreamed of was that as soon as he left Wu Yingqi's mansion with his front foot, Wu Yingqi, who was still drunk and had a red face and a thick neck just now, jumped up on his hind foot, pulled his deputy Xie Xiansheng and Wang Xu, and whispered in their ears: "Have the weapons, military flags, and military uniforms been sent to the prisoner of war camp?" ”

"Back to the second prince, it's almost delivered." Xie Xiansheng replied in a low voice: "Because we are afraid of being exposed, we only deliver them in batches at night and when we deliver food, so there are probably more than 2,000 brothers who have not received weapons, but we will definitely be able to deliver them all in place before dark today!" ”

"Very well, before it gets dark, make sure you get all the weapons in place!" Wu Yingqi shouted in a low voice: "Also, add food to the brothers for today's dinner, let them eat better, and let the room prepare dry food, and each brother must receive at least one day's dry food." Then order the generals of all battalions, after the city gate is closed, before the second quarter of the unitary time, all rush to the Shuai Hall to gather, without delay! Xie Xiansheng and Wang Xu bowed their hands together and agreed in a low voice.

The Wu army was secretly preparing for war on the south bank of the Yangtze River, but on the side of the Qing army on the north bank of the Yangtze River, after the Qing army envoy brought back the gift from Wu Yingqi back to Hanyang City, Cai Yurong, who was a drunkard, saw the aged Moutai that had not been tasted for a long time, and even gave birth to the idea of feasting everyone under the big move of his index finger, and ordered a banquet to be held in Hanyang City tonight, and personally led the civil and military generals to banquet Kang Mazi's brother Chang Ning and Hubu Shilang Dadu. Although Cai Lin, Cai Xun and others had the intention to dissuade them, considering that tomorrow was the period for the exchange of prisoners of war, Wu Jun would not choose to play tricks tonight, so they did not try to persuade them to stop them, and they all did according to the order.

On the evening of October 18, the twelfth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, when the Wu army controlled Wuchang City and the Qing army Hanyang City closed the city gate at the same time, in the case of repeated inspections and no abnormalities, the Qing army generals gathered in Cai Yurong's handsome hall to drink wine and eat meat, and the large and small generals of the Wu army also quickly gathered in Wu Yingqi's handsome hall, but to the surprise of most of the Wu army generals, they were not only greeted by wine and food, but also a figure that no one could imagine. He was almost executed by Wu Laohan in the Wuchang Law Field-Lu Fatzi!

"Lu Yifeng, you dog traitor, what other face do you have to come here?" Under the anger, countless generals of the Wu army shouted, "Get out!" Get out! ”

"Shut up Lao Tzu!" Second Prince Wu jumped out and shouted in high spirits: "Listen up, now I can tell you the truth, Yifeng has always been my good niece and son-in-law, a good protégé, and he has never betrayed me, let alone our Pingxi Palace!" The reason why he endured humiliation and was willing to bear the name of a traitor and suffer humiliation was just to separate the monarchs and ministers of the dogs, and for today! From now on, the first peak official will be reinstated, and you will respect and love him as before! Otherwise, Lao Tzu will not spare you! Do you understand? ”

"What? Was the last thing fake? Countless generals of the Wu army exclaimed. Lu Fatzi smiled and bowed to the generals of the Wu army, and said loudly: "Brothers, I'm really sorry, in order to make Mangou believe it, so I will hide you from you, little brother, I hope you will forgive me for the offense." ”

"Brother Yifeng, I knew you weren't that kind of person!" The happiest thing was Lu Fatzi's worship brother Wang Jing, who jumped up and hugged Lu Fatzi and yelled, "Good brother, you are really good, you didn't embarrass us when you met Yunnan people, and you didn't embarrass us Pingxi Palace!" ”

"Brother Yifeng, the last time I hit you with an egg, we didn't know the situation, don't you care." Many generals of the Wu army who had insulted Lu Fatzi surrounded him, bowed and made a gesture to Lu Fatzi, and apologized again and again, while Lu Fatzi laughed and said that he never cared.

"Alright, alright, all quiet, all stand for me." Wu Yingqi interrupted the intimacy between the generals of the Wu army and Lu Fatzi, and shouted: "Stand up for Lao Tzu, Yifeng wants to announce my father's two decrees, both for Lao Tzu to stand up and listen clearly!" ”

To everyone's surprise, Wu Yingqi also stood in the front of the hall, giving up the middle handsome position, and Lu Fatzi strode to the middle handsome position, facing the Wu army generals, he picked up a flat yellow scroll from the table, and shouted: "Come out, this official is going to read out the decree of Wang Yejun!" ”

"All come out, right? What do you mean? "Most of the generals of the Wu army are a line. At this time, after Shuaitang, a group of Wu army generals suddenly walked out, most of them were the fierce generals of the Wu army who had withdrawn to Changsha with Wu Laohan, as well as Lu Fatzi's descendants Li Tianzhi, Qin Yong, Hu Tongchun, Quan Jie and Kong Fanlin and others, in addition to several Wu army generals who had never appeared in Wuchang, and what shocked many Wu army generals was that these strange faces were not shaved into money rat tails, but had long hair!

"How did you get here? When did it come? Many generals of the Wu army exclaimed, "And these brothers, why have they never seen each other?" ”

"We're here a long time ago." The general of the Wu army, who suddenly appeared, said with a smile: "But since we came to Wuchang, we have been living in a prisoner of war camp. ”

"Don't make any noise, I'll explain it to you." Lu Fatzi waved his hand to interrupt the generals of the Wu army and exclaimed, explaining: "These brothers have indeed come to Wuchang a long time ago, but they have always been hiding in the prisoner of war camp full of dog prisoners of war, and all the prisoners in the prisoner of war camp are also soldiers of our Yungui army, but when they appeared in public, they all tied the thumb of their right hand with a thin rope in the palm of their palms, so don't say that the dog scouts and fine works, even you, there is no truth from the fake." ”

As he spoke, Fat Lu pointed to those unfamiliar faces and introduced: "As for these brothers, the leader is called Chen Wenhuan, a general from the Yanping Royal Mansion in Taiwan, and the generals who are with him are also secretly sent by the prince of Yanping to help us train and form a water battle master, and they will be our pioneers in this river crossing battle!" ”

"Okay, don't make any noise, I'm going to read out the prince's decree." Lu Fatzi stopped the exclamation and cheers of the generals of the Wu army, picked up a flat yellow scroll from the table and unfolded it, and shouted: "Wang Ye Jun's decree, the generals kneel and listen!" ”

Wu Junzhong knew that there would be a big event tonight, so they quickly knelt down together, listened carefully to Lu Fatzi's reading, and only listened to Lu Fatzi read aloud: "Wang Yejun's will: Manchurian puppet emperor Kangxi, no virtue, vain self-esteem, kill the king's beloved son Wu Yingxiong in front, marry the sin and worship in the back, fortunately blessed by the sky, the righteous daughter Sizhen secretly played the truth, presented the evidence of the crime, the king was furious, determined to fight the riots and save the people, should be the people of Tianshun, Ke said Xingshi, conquest of the Manchurian puppet emperor, restore the clothes of China, comfort the hope of the people, and avenge the blood revenge of the beloved son!" ”

"The prince was killed by the Emperor Mangou?" Several Wu generals screamed.

"Not bad!" Lu Fatzi put down Wu Laohan's Jun decree, and said solemnly: "Emperor Kangxi of Mangou deceived our prince to be old, and wanted to kill our prince and cut off the prince's queen, but he was afraid of completely angering the prince and our Pingxi prince's big and small soldiers, so he sent someone to pretend to be Aobai's henchmen, killed our son, and shamelessly blamed Aobai's head. Now the handwritten warrant of the Mangou Emperor is in the hands of the prince, and when the prince returns to the Yangtze River, all the brothers can see this ironclad evidence with their own eyes! ”

"Fuck Kangxi Xiao'er, shameless dog, fight with him, avenge the prince!" Countless generals of the Wu army roared angrily, and some people shouted directly: "Second prince, please take the prince to rebel directly with us, arrest the Mangou Emperor with a thousand knives, please make the prince the emperor, and the second prince, you will be the prince!" ”

As soon as the words fell, they immediately aroused applause from the audience, and Wu Yingqi nodded again and again, his face full of pride, but the Taiwanese generals headed by Chen Wenhuan were displeased - their ambition was to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, but they did not want to support Wu Laohan to become the emperor. Fortunately, there was a political genius Lu Fatzi present, who stopped him in time: "Brothers, generals, please calm down, the rebellion should wait, the most important thing at the moment is to break through the Yangtze River first, and wait until we take Hanyang City and gain a firm foothold in the north of the Yangtze River, and then we will listen to the prince's orders." ”

It's good to say that the excited Wu army generals have calmed down, and Lu Fatzi unfolded the second decree of Wu Lao Han Annihilation, and read it aloud: "Wang Ye's decree: Zhongshu Cheng, Qujing General Lu Yifeng, loyal and diligent, wise and brave, talent is rare, now the Wuchang general is sealed, given the sword of the fake festival, and leads the Wuchang army to attack Hanyang and break through the Yangtze River." The generals and officers of the various armies in Wuchang must obey Lu Yifeng's command and dispatch and fight bravely. ”

"The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old." The generals of the Wu army first agreed neatly, and then went to see Wu Yingqi together, and said together that it is no problem for us to listen to Lu Fatzi's command and order, the key is to you, the second prince. Wu Yingqi smiled: "What do you see me doing?" It's not that you don't know, I hate to do things with my brain the most, this attack on Hanyang is to outwit, you are the same as me, listen to Yifeng, he is different from me, and he is the best at this. For other things, wait until Hanyang is defeated, and then listen to my father's arrangement. ”

Wu Yingqi, who has the highest official position and status, said so, what else can the generals of the Wu army say, they all hurriedly congratulated Lu Fatzi together, and Lu Fatzi hurriedly humbled himself, and said to Wu Yingqi: "Uncle, grandfather is wrong to love, let your nephew temporarily command you, and your nephew will not dare to disobey Grandfather's decree, so you can only offend." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you're a self-promoted person by your uncle, and now you can command me, it's to prove that I have a good vision, what's there to be ashamed of?" Wu Yingqi, who had already been ordered by Wu Laohan, laughed, waved his hand and said: "You're welcome, give an order quickly, if anyone dares to disobey you, uncle will clean him up for you!" ”

"Thank you, thank you." Lu Fatzi hurriedly thanked him, then stood up straight and asked: "Generals, in the battle of crossing the river, the ship sailors are in charge of Taiwan's friendly forces, and the soldiers of our army are responsible for charging into battle. ”

"The last will go!" To Lu Fatzi's surprise, in addition to a few of Lu Fatzi's henchmen, there were also several Wu army generals who stood up and saluted Lu Fatzi to ask for orders. Among them, Wu Yingqi's deputy Wang Xu had the most resolute attitude, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Lu Dashuai, the last general Wang Xu, is willing to be the vanguard of the whole army and open the way for the army to cross the river!" ”

"General Wang, it's not a brother, I don't believe you ......." Lu Fatzi was a little hesitant - this general of the Wu army named Wang Xu had little contact with Lu Fatzi, and he was usually silent, and Lu Fatzi didn't know him very well, so he really didn't dare to give him the most important task.

"Lu Dashuai, do you think that the last general is not used to water warfare, so you are not very relieved about the last general?" Wang Xu saw Lu Fatzi's thoughts, and took the initiative to say: "The last general does not dare to deceive Lu Dashuai and the second prince, in fact, as early as when he took Wuchang, the last general has already concluded that the prince will launch a battle to cross the river sooner or later, so since this year, the last general has led the headquarters to take turns to the Yangtze River and Liangzi Lake every day to train swimming boats, and now the last general has more than 1,000 soldiers under his command, all of whom are already familiar with the water surname and can drive boats. At the end, I will train hard for a year, that is, for today, I hope that the handsome man will be perfect! ”

"Yifeng, this uncle can testify for Wang Xu." Wu Yingqi said: "Uncle can testify, when my uncle took the brothers to gamble and have fun, Wang Xu was training water warfare with his headquarters, and my uncle praised him for this. It's just that you're often not in Wuchang, so it's not very clear. ”

"Talent, another talent that I have overlooked." Lu Fatzi raised his eyebrows, and began to look at this usually taciturn Wang Xu - can have such a vision, isn't it talent? At that moment, Fat Lu immediately nodded and said, "Very good, then General Wang, the vanguard responsibility, I will entrust it to you!" ”

(Note: Wang Xu is not fictional, he was a brave general of the Wu army who had been trained in the middle of the rebellion of the three feudatories, and he had broken Yue Le's army in the Battle of Changsha and forced Yue Le to withdraw to Jingzhou. ）

(To be continued)